Dramatis persona*

helenhead Helen Chick

I've always wanted a bumper sticker that said "I'm a female, LDS/Mormon, Scout leading, geocaching, piano-playing, bicycling, mathematics educator with a PhD in maths ... and I VOTE"!

I think this makes me a minority group of cardinality 1!

* Since there's only one of me and "personae" is plural (I think), I've gone with dramatis persona.

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Bivouac Bay hike

I had a Scout camp this weekend: a District event involving a number of troops from our area, in which the kids did a short overnight hike, as well as a series of activity bases. The weather forecast had not been great, but both days were mild and sunny and the venue—a place I hadn’t visited […]

25. Trouble Lurking [100 poems challenge]

 

25.          Trouble Lurking

I cycled English countryside
Past villages, and churches,
Past Roman ruins on the ride,
Past elms and oaks and birches.

With narrow lanes and cars so fast
My top was coloured brightly
So I’d be safe as they sped past,
My helmet done up tightly.

I had my trusty GPS
And maps to guide my steering;
My journey planned—well, more or less—
And only steep […]